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Vitaliy Zhivotenko, DO, Neurology, Paradise Valley, AZ

VitaliyZhivotenkoDO

Neurology Paradise Valley, AZ

Pain Medicine

Interventional Pain Management

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Summary

  • I earned a medical degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. Then I completed a Medical Internship and Neurology Residency at Penn State Medical Center. During residency, excelled in a wide variety of neurological disorders including but not limited to headaches, movement disorders, neurorehabilitation, cognitive and behavioral neurology, neuromuscular disease, epilepsy, stroke and vascular neurology, and multiple sclerosis. At graduation, I was awarded with “Outstanding Performance in Outpatient Neurology.”

    With pain being an integral part of neurology, in combination with my interest in treating painful conditions I went on to complete an ACGME-accredited, multidisciplinary, comprehensive fellowship in Pain Management at Penn State Medical Center. During fellowship training, I was exposed to a wide diversity of painful conditions, learned safe and effective strategies for medical management of pain and gained proficiency in full spectrum of currently accepted interventional pain management procedures. Upon completion of fellowship I was chosen as the top pain fellow of the year.

    I am dually board certified in Neurology and Pain Management by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. I continues to stay up to date with advances in the field by maintaining current membership and attending meetings held by American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Pain Medicine, Spine Intervention Society and International Society of Regenerative Medicine.

Education & Training

  • Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
    Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2015 - 2016
  • Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
    Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 2012 - 2015
  • NYIT College Of Osteopathic Medicine
    NYIT College Of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 2011
  • Stony Brook University
    Stony Brook UniversityBS, Biology, Cum Laude, 2002 - 2006

Certifications & Licensure

  • AZ State Medical License
    AZ State License 2023 - 2026
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State License 2015 - 2023
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State License 2016 - 2019
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State License 2011 - 2016
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Pain Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Dean's List Stony Brook University, 2002
  • Marc B Hahn Pain Fellowship Award Penn State Medical Center, 2016
  • Golden Key International Honor Society

Publications & Presentations

Abstracts/Posters

  • A surprising case of Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy
    Vitaliy Zhivotenko DO, Sankar Bandyopadhyay MD, Zachary Simmons MD, Pennsylvania Neurological Society Meeting, 1/1/2014
  • A Case of Sciatic Neuropathy of Uncommon Etiology
    Vitaliy Zhivotenko DO, Aiesha Ahmed MD, Pennsylvania Neurological Society Meeting, 1/1/2014

Lectures

  • Cervicogenic Headache 
    1/1/2015
  • Acute Transverse Myelitis 
    1/1/2013
  • Migraine 
    1/1/2013
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Other Languages

  • Russian